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Gail Fisher
Gail Fisher (1935-2000), American actress, played secretary Peggy Fair on CBS's Mannix (1968-1975); first African-American woman to win an acting Emmy (1970) and a Golden Globe (1971).
Gail O'Grady
Gail Ann O'Grady (born 1963, Detroit) is an American actress and producer known for Donna Abandando on NYPD Blue (three Emmy nominations) and Helen Pryor on American Dreams, plus many TV movie leads and a 2025 role in Duster.
Gail Platt
Gail Platt (Gail Potter, Tilsley, Platt, Hillman, McIntyre, Rodwell) is a fictional Coronation Street matriarch played by Helen Worth from 1974 to 2024, married five times including serial killer Richard Hillman, mother of Nick, Sarah and David Platt, exiting after 50 years.
Gail Porter
Gail Porter, Scottish TV presenter born 1971 in Edinburgh, known for Fully Booked, Top of the Pops and the 1999 FHM Parliament stunt; later alopecia, homelessness, BAFTA documentary and Fringe stand-up.
Gail Russell
Gail Russell (1924–1961), born Betty Gale Russell, an American actress discovered at Santa Monica High School by Paramount, star of The Uninvited and Angel and the Badman, whose career ended through alcoholism.
Gail Strickland
Gail Strickland, also Katherine Gail Strickland, American retired character actress of The Drowning Pool, Norma Rae, and The American President; HeartBeat (1988) lesbian-nurse role, Broadway Status Quo Vadis, Drama Desk Award 1973.
Gailard Sartain
Gailard Sartain (1943–2025) was a Tulsa-born character actor, comedian, and illustrator, a Hee Haw regular (1972–1990) as Maynard and Orville, the Big Bopper in The Buddy Holly Story, and Chuck in three Ernest films.
Gainax (ガイナックス)
Gainax (ガイナックス) was a Japanese anime studio founded in 1984 by Osaka sci-fi fans, creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Gunbuster, Nadia, FLCL, and Gurren Lagann; it filed for bankruptcy in May 2024 and its trademark passed to Studio Khara.
Gainsborough Pictures
Gainsborough Pictures: British film company founded 1924 by Michael Balcon and Victor Saville, based at the converted Islington power station studio where Hitchcock made The Lodger and The Lady Vanishes; famed for 1940s costume melodramas like The Man in Grey and The Wicked Lady; closed 1949.
Gaius Charles
Gaius Charles (born 1983, New York City) is an American actor known for Brian "Smash" Williams on Friday Night Lights, Dr. Shane Ross on Grey's Anatomy, and Perlie Armstrong on The Walking Dead: Dead City.
Gajaana
Gajaana (கஜானா) is a 2025 Tamil supernatural fantasy adventure film written, directed and produced by Prabadish Samz for Four Square Studios, starring Vedhika, Yogi Babu, and Inigo Prabhakaran; released 9 May 2025, 108 minutes, U/A.
Gajakesari
Gajakesari (ಗಜಕೇಸರಿ) is a 2014 Kannada action film starring Yash and Amulya, directed by S Krishna in his debut; it completed 100 days at the box office.
Gajanan Jagirdar (गजानन जागीरदार)
Gajanan Jagirdar (गजानन जागीरदार, 1907–1988), Marathi and Hindi film actor-director, first principal of FTII; known for Ramshastri (1944) and the Mirza role in Shejari/Padosi (1941).
Gajendra Chauhan
Gajendra Chauhan (गजेंद्र चौहान), born 1956, Indian actor and BJP leader famous as Yudhishthir in B.R. Chopra's Mahabharat (1988–90); his 2014 appointment as FTII chairman sparked a 139-day student strike.
Gakko II (学校II)
Gakko II (学校II, A Class to Remember II) is Yamada Yoji's 1996 Shochiku drama, second in the Gakko series, set at a Hokkaido special support high school where teacher Aoyama searches for two missing students; Mainichi Film Concours winner.
Gal Gadot (גל גדות)
Gal Gadot (גל גדות), Israeli actress born 1985, Miss Israel 2004 and IDF combat instructor, known as Gisele in Fast & Furious and Wonder Woman in the DC films; first Israeli actress with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star and 2025 Genesis Prize recipient.
Galactic Empire (Star Wars)
Galactic Empire (Star Wars): Palpatine's tyrannical regime founded from the Galactic Republic via Order 66, ruled by stormtroopers and the Death Star, fell at Endor, succeeded by the First Order.
Galactic Republic
The Galactic Republic is the fictional democratic union in Star Wars, also called the Old Republic, governed by the Galactic Senate and Supreme Chancellor with Jedi peacekeepers, lasting over a thousand years until Palpatine's Empire.
Galactica 1980
Galactica 1980, also called Battlestar Galactica 1980, is the 10-episode 1980 ABC spin-off of the 1978 Battlestar Galactica, in which the fleet reaches a technologically backward Earth; it flopped, with only The Return of Starbuck praised.
Galactus
Galactus (Galan), Marvel Comics' Devourer of Worlds, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, debuting in Fantastic Four #48 (1966); a pre-Big Bang survivor wielding the Power Cosmic, served by Heralds like the Silver Surfer and voiced by Ralph Ineson in the 2025 MCU film.
Galadriel Stineman
Galadriel Stineman (Margaret Elizabeth Galadriel Stineman, born 1990, Kentucky) is an American actress known as Gwen Tennyson in Ben 10: Alien Swarm, Cassidy Finch on The Middle, and the voice and face of Ashley in Until Dawn; also a producer, author, and acting coach.
Galavant
Galavant is an American half-hour musical comedy TV series on ABC (2015-2016), created by Dan Fogelman with music by Alan Menken and lyrics by Glenn Slater, following knight Galavant (Joshua Sasse) on a quest to reclaim Madalena from King Richard.
Galaxy Express 999 (銀河鉄道999) (film)
Galaxy Express 999 (銀河鉄道999, Ginga Tetsudo 999) is Toei Animation's 1979 anime film directed by Rintaro, based on Leiji Matsumoto's manga; Japan's top-grossing domestic film of 1979, distinct from the 1978 TV series and 1981 sequel.
Galaxy of Terror
Galaxy of Terror (1981), also released as Planet of Horrors and Mind Warp: An Infinity of Terror, is a Roger Corman-produced sci-fi horror film directed by Bruce D. Clark, infamous for its giant maggot rape scene and for James Cameron's early work as production designer.
Galaxy Quest
Galaxy Quest (1999) is a DreamWorks science-fiction comedy directed by Dean Parisot, starring Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, and Alan Rickman as washed-up actors of a Star Trek-like TV show recruited by aliens who think the show is real.
Gale Anne Hurd
Gale Anne Hurd (born 1955) is an American film and television producer, founder of Valhalla Entertainment, producer of The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, and Armageddon, and executive producer of The Walking Dead and its spin-offs.
Gale Gordon
Gale Gordon (Charles Thomas Aldrich Jr., 1906-1995), American radio and television character actor of the slow-burn style; Lucille Ball's foil as Mr. Mooney, Harrison Carter, and Osgood Conklin.
Gale Harold
Gale Morgan Harold III (born 1969) is an American actor best known as Brian Kinney in Showtime's Queer as Folk (2000-2005), with later roles in Desperate Housewives, Vanished, Hellcats, The Secret Circle, independent films, and producing credits.
Gale Sondergaard
Gale Sondergaard, born Edith Holm Sondergaard (1899–1985), was an American actress and the first winner of the Best Supporting Actress Oscar, for Anthony Adverse (1936).
Gale Storm
Gale Storm (Josephine Owaissa Cottle, 1922–2009), American actress and singer, star of 1950s sitcoms My Little Margie and The Gale Storm Show (Oh! Susanna), Dot Records hitmaker with "I Hear You Knocking."